Portrait of Laurent Cantet

Directing

Laurent Cantet

Career

Active from 1990 to 2025, busiest in 1999 and 2022 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Class
The Class
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Laurent Cantet Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.7, average 4.8
  • Mystery
    2.0, average 4.0
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Class Conflict 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Time Out
Time Out

Original Film Writer

2020s

3 titles · average score 61
Enzo
Enzo (2025)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Idea

Arthur Rambo
Arthur Rambo (2022)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay, Director

Charlotte Rampling, le cinéma comme un essentiel
Charlotte Rampling, le cinéma comme un essentiel (2022)

as Lui-même

2010s

4 titles · average score 57
The Workshop
The Workshop (2017)
GoodWatch score 71

Screenplay, Director

Return to Ithaca
Return to Ithaca (2014)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay, Director

Foxfire
Foxfire (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

Director, Screenplay

7 Days in Havana
7 Days in Havana (2012)
GoodWatch score 45

Director

2000s

3 titles · average score 74
The Class
The Class (2008)
GoodWatch score 85

Screenplay, Director

Heading South
Heading South (2006)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay, Director

Time Out
Time Out (2001)
GoodWatch score 82

Writer, Director

1990s

5 titles · average score 72
The Sanguinaires
The Sanguinaires (1999)

Director, Screenplay

Human Resources
Human Resources (1999)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Director

Summer Games
Summer Games (1995)

Director, Writer

Tous à la manif
Tous à la manif (1994)

Screenplay, Director

Un été à Beyrouth
Un été à Beyrouth (1990)

Director